Illinois HR 742: CONGRATS-RUTH ROBBINS

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HR0742LRB104 20802 RMO 34330 r

1HOUSE RESOLUTION

2 WHEREAS, The State of Illinois adopted the Evidence-Based 

3Funding (EBF) model to equitably distribute state education 

4dollars to school districts most in need, while protecting all 

5districts through a hold-harmless provision; and

6 WHEREAS, Mandated Categorical (MCAT) funding is separate 

7from the EBF model and does not include a hold-harmless 

8provision, despite funding a portion of state-mandated local 

9costs; and

10 WHEREAS, For many school districts, MCAT funding 

11represents the single largest source of state funding; and

12 WHEREAS, MCAT funding supports six critical areas of 

13state-mandated services, including special education private 

14tuition, special education transportation, regular and 

15vocational transportation, special education orphanage, 

16regular education orphanage, and free lunch and breakfast 

17programs; and

18 WHEREAS, As EBF appropriations have remained constant over 

19time, the percentage paid to districts for MCAT reimbursements 

20has steadily declined in the last four fiscal years, resulting 

21in significant underfunding of mandated services; and

HR0742- 2 -LRB104 20802 RMO 34330 r

1 WHEREAS, The continued underfunding of MCAT reimbursements 

2has significantly shifted the State's financial responsibility 

3for mandated services onto local school districts, requiring 

4districts to absorb costs that were intended to be shared with 

5the State; and

6 WHEREAS, This cost shift has resulted in an effective 

7reduction in overall state support for many Illinois school 

8districts; and

9 WHEREAS, Reductions in Mandated Categorical funding 

10undermine the intended equity impacts of Evidence-Based 

11Funding, as